The document summarizes the recording of "Love Me Do", the first hit single by The Beatles. It describes how the song was originally recorded over 15 takes on two-track tape. Two versions were recorded, with the first featuring Ringo Starr on drums and the second using session musician Andy White, with Ringo on tambourine. "Love Me Do" was The Beatles' first UK single, released in October 1962, and initially featured the version with Ringo on drums, though the version with Andy White substituting on drums became more widely available later.

1. Love Me Do
The First Hit of The Beatles
Everyday English by Inka Vilén 2012

2. Love Me Do
McCartney/Lennon
MPL Communications Ltd.
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The original version was recorded
on two-track tape
and perfected in around 15 takes.
Everyday English by Inka Vilén 2012

3. Two recordings
First version of the song was recorded
at EMI Studios, Abbey Road
on 4 September 1962, with Ringo on drums.
The second version, later to appear
on the Please Please Me record,
was taped seven days later.
It featured freelance session musician Andy White
on drums, with Ringo shaking the tambourine.
Everyday English by Inka Vilén 2012

4. Single version
Love Me Do was The Beatles' first UK single,
and it was released on 5 October 1962.
Initial pressings of the song featured
the original recording,
but the other was substituted in 1963.
The version generally available today
is the second one.
Everyday English by Inka Vilén 2012